1. Biden to sign 10 exec orders on pandemic response; variants may drive high infection rate through spring — 6 COVID-19 updates Full story

2. Biden picks acting HHS, CMS heads Full story

3. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Shots administered
• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Death rates
• Hospitalizations
• Test positivity rates 

4. Your health system's online presence sets the tone for patient growth and retention. Join the conversation on how to improve patient reviews and your star ratings.

5. 8 recent hospital, health system CEO moves Full story

6. Iowa hospital CEO to resign Full story

7. Outsourcing can be an innovative way to stay competitive in today's hospital market. Click here to learn how one health system achieved this via a strategic revenue cycle partnership.

8.  Optum expects to add 10,000 physicians this year Full story

9. Billionaire sells $302M of CHS stock Full story

10. With a clinician shortage and cost crisis looming, how should hospitals approach staffing? Click here to find out.

11. COVID-19 will affect business travel for years Full story

12. Houston hospital lockout forces physicians to treat patients in parking lot Full story

13. How managers can stay motivated working from home Full story

14. 5 quotes on COVID-19, healthcare from Biden's inauguration speech Full story

15. Healthcare execs, physicians pardoned by Trump Full story

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